EIGHT
THE ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1915.
STORt iS
TELEPHONE CO.
ONTARIO TEAM MEETS
DEFEAT AT PAYETTE
TRACK TEAN MEETS
iDEFEAT AT BOISE
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OF SPOTTED FEVER
IS
DIES IN ONTARIO
pened in On
first of May,
cment by O.
w in Ontario
.ry nrrange
I he new store
' will carry a
I furnishings
hoes for men,
1 experienced
lino of stores,
the prosp' 1 1
io. The store
Toore building
on the east side of Main Street, threi
doors north of the Carter Hotel.
lil. inli.
Orchard CompaBf to Build
F.v npnri'lor.
The Manila Orel .rd company
whoso HO KN pnilM orchard lies
about three miles n , thwest from
Nyssa, is to have a n w largo evap
orator this season.
This orchard contain 18,000 trees,
7000 of which ai I I ircd and pro
ducing. The other :n00 trees are
n .:igcr, but so' i. i :ng into bear
ing. Provided the pn :
injured before May
building the ovapoi.ii
crop is not
the work for
will begin.
"It will have a rapa ity of 45 tons
per day," says Mile. ( annon, the su
perintendent, "and ff an acll all the
V-viiporntod prunes vv can produce
with loss trouble a-"', better profit
than we can got lion the green
pn.iios.''
Mr. Cannon moved from Weiser
this spring to take charge of the
company's proper! v.
From present inductions the crop
for this orchard tin year will bo
immense.
Commercial Club Meets.
The regular ninnthh meeting of the
Ontario Commercial i! ib occurred on
Monday night in the lib rooms. The
meeting was well all nded, but few
matters of important came before
Hie body.
n?r.;4vicmi
A new Htore is to l
tario shortly after the
according to an anno;'
R. Stngebcig, who
making the preilmil
nionts. The MUM
will bo "The Huh' M
complete line of
und n complete line of
women and children,
Mr. Ktngohorg
manager for The Unit
nncl is well plea .
for such a line in I I
will be located in the .
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Ontario
L. G. Vreoland, aged 58 years, died
about midnight last Friday night of
spotted fever and kidney trouble. M .
Vreoland was the father of Mrr.
( harle.s I'rnhl of this city and can.e
I .ir last December from Sioux Falls,
S. I)., for his health.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, one sister and n son and three
daUghttn. The son, Harry Vreoland,
live, lit l'inehurst, Wash., and the
daughters are Mrs. Nealy Hettzig of
Snohomish, Wash., Mrs. Will Oottf
hoiit oi Miami, i-'lit . , and Mis. 1'ralil
of Ontario. The sister is Mrs. I. D.
liloomfield of Snohomish, Wash.
The body was taken back to Sioux
Falls for interment nnd the funeral
was also held there. The body left
btrt Saturday evening.
Representative Selected.
Mary Hrosmnn, a young lady who
was born ami raised at the mouth of
the Malheur river, was selected by
the Ontario Commercial club Monday
evening to represent this locality at
the celebration of the opening of the
Celilo canal, the celebration to be held
at Astoria May 5. Miss Brosman is
delegates to take a bottleful of Mal
heur river water to the celebration to
aid in the christening of the new pro
ject. To Play Here Sunday.
Next Sunday the fast aggregation
of ball players from Caldwell will be
seen in action on the local diamond.
N'ampa played a return game at
Caldwell last Sunday and again Cald
well was defeated by the score of !
t.i 'Z. Whyman pitching for Culdwell
and was wild at times, letting N'ampa
walk in two of the throe runs.
N'ampa and Caldwell have got ex
ceptionally good teams, and high class
ball will be expected from the league
this season.
Furniture Co.
. i. Husseiie, engineer in tne lis-I Ontario league team played a re
payment of Public Utilities of the turn game at Payette last Sunday
Oregon Railroad Commission, was in and met defeat in a 15-inning game
Ontario Thursday taking an inven- by the score of 5 to 4.
tory of all the properties of the Mai- The game was one of the best seen
hour Telephone company. The trouble on that field in years. The fielding
arises from the telephone company was ragged on both sides at times,
wanting to charge toll to Fruitland but being the second game of the sea
ami Nyssa. When the telephone Bon and the boys having but little
company changed hands from the training, the game was exceptionally
Independent to the Malheur company, well played. Ontario has been un
an article road whore the Malheur nb,. to secure a pitcher up to the
Telephone companj would not present time, although the manage
charge toll at any time during their ! ment 'has several in view for the
existence, hut now they want to break
that by-law, so it was brought upl
before the Commercial club and they
put ,t ,n the hands of the Public
Itilitie.s department.
Mr. Husseiie is making a thorough
examination of the affair, but no i
definite decision has boon made. Mr.
P.usselle is well known in this vi
cinity. He was with the telephone
i-nhiniinv tit Ontario for n nnmhnr of
,...-. Mr H.,..di . n..i.n,i
his work by F. Wolf, telephone engi
neer from Denver, nnd Messrs. A. S.
Peters, L. N. Hess, telephone engi
neers from Snlt Lake, Utah. The
same work is being carried on
throughout the northwest, and some
thing definite will be heard in a short
time.
Canadian
Land Owncra
War Tai.
Pay Heavy
Mr. and Mra. P. E. Hayden, who
recently came here from Spokane, and
bought land out near Malheur Butte
on the bottom lands owned by the
Kastern Oregon Coliniiatlon com
pany, recently showed to an Argus
representative a letter from a daugh
ter who resides in northwest Canada,
in which she assures her purents thnt
there has been a war tax levied upon
Canadian lands amounting to $500 per
ouch half section.
This . ems pretty high $1000 per
aection but the writer does not state
how the tax is to be collected or
whether paid in long, easy terms or
soon.
As Mr. Hayden owns considerable
land iii Calgury he was quite annoyed
ut the information.
team.
Ailshire, Ontario's third baseman,
hjs
L yaR ,, exccpt,ona)ly wt.n. Ten hits
wcre gecurC( off y but wpre wc
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nKini, in-bung ii.i- lull', irti". vi
which were not earned runs.
The outfield at Payette was in bad
condition nnd some of the balls that
wore hit in the outer garden made
ba1 bounces, netting three runs, where
If the field hud been in good shape
the innings would have a been a white
wash. A large crowd attended the
game. A large bunch went over from
this city. The Payette band was out
and furnished the crowd with a musi
cal treat throughout the game. On
tario expects to have a pitcher, and
two outfielders by next Sunday, then
the boys will be ready to battle with
the best of them.
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Making the Little f
Farm Pay
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Large profits from the production of
vegetables, as compnrvJ with grain
crops, huvo attracted die attention of
studious furmers.
It Is a striking fie I thnt beans, potn
toes, onions, pei-. .ahhugc, lomntoes.
celery, lettuce, etc., pay $200 to $ou
nn acre na ir.-nluM $23 to $30 an acre
which Is c'c..uJ on the nm-i success
ful of grail roM. The demand for
the cm, ii inn. easily grown vegetables
la Con I. ml. and there Is no doubt but
that lilies are to remain on a profita
ble basis.
All funnels cannot turn their place
Into truck gardens, but In tbo uiovc
ineni toward mixed agriculture every
land owner who bus reasonably good
market futilities should plan for a few
acres of vegetable. This will onll for
extru help, but the profits will be suffi
cient to Justify the chango In pro
grain. It Is necessary to stnrt right
and push tha whole project In a busl
uessllko way. A Utile study will show
which are the money making crops and
bow marketing en n be dono to advan
tage. Private customers should be
supplied where It Is practicable to do
so. Ever and always keep lu mind the
luouey value of any crop thnt time and
labor are bestowed on. 8ee that it Is
salable and then get the cash out of It.
A great dnlii uliy wltb most farm
gardens Is that the various crops nro
placed In small beds, making It nbso
lately necessary to do nil the work
with a hoe Kami boys and i-tii - ob
ject to this, and the older people are
nut anxious about It. The fact Is, most
farm gardens are neglected. In the
llrs t place, the farmer figures thnt It
doesn't pay to give time to n small
proposition of this kind. The women
tlnd I lie work too heavy unless there
are plenty of them. Consequently a
restricted area Is devoted lo garden
crops, nnd the farm lalde much of the
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time lacks crisp, toothsome vegetables
which ought to be easily produced.
Market possibilities ara wholly ueg
leetod in many cases.
Now, If in selecting a gardeu plot an
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eiouguicu area is euoseii aiul every
thing planted lu rows much of tbo j
ueuvy woiu is uiuuvessarv. 1 lie plot
can Imj plowed nine or ten inches deep
to U'gin willi, thus doing away with
the back breaking work made neves
sury In spading the garden. Then the
barrow can tie used to do the work of
pulverizing and smoothing liy plant
ing the various crops in rows a horse
cultivator further lightens the labor.
Of course the Baud hoe has to be used
occasionally, uud some of the weeds
David C. Fisher, father of Guy
Fisher of Ontario, died at the home of
the latter last Saturday shortly before
noon. The deceased was one of the
early pioneers of Oregon, having been
a resident of Union county since he
crossed the plains in the early sixties.
He has been at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Guy Fisher for the past three
months, having come here on a visit.
Mr. Fisher was born in Keokuk,
Iowa, nearly 76 years ago, and re
ceived his education there. He crossed
the plains in the early sixties and
settled near Union in Union countv,
which has since been his home. He is
survived by his wife and six children,
who have all visited him in Ontario
since his illness. The children are:
Charles Fisher of Union, Mrs. L.
Couch of Wallowa, Otis F'isher of
Portland, Mrs. Henley of Portland,
Harvey Fisher of Wallowa and Guy
Fisher of Ontario.
The body was taken to Union early
Sunday morning, nnd the funeral was
held there Monday afternoon.
mny have to be removed by hand, but
tbo proposition Is not a formidable one.
Io not forget thnt It Is prnetlenlly
Impossible to get the soil too rich for
the ordlnnry garden crop. Well rotted
stnble manure Is always nvallahlo on
every farm. Put on n large amount of
this during the fall or very early In
the spring. Fall plowing Is best. Cov
er the manure deeply.
In early spring. Just a soon as the
ground can be worked, early vegeta
bles, like onions, radishes, lettuce nnd
peas, enn be planted Put In n liberal
quantity How lettuce nnd radishes
In succession Do not stop short "f
three nr fun i planting Allow about
ten di.ys or two week- to Intervene
bet we. n each pi a i i The snm
method pan bo cniplmi I with peas
Meets do not need to h. f ifisl In till
way. Then when nil ! n-rer of frot
Is past sow the tender r I '. such as
lenns, cneuiubors, nnd n C : o Inter do
not fall to set in a hit nf I . .to plants.
Select nt least two or t'i e d MM of
n very early variety. Tli 'in few weeks
later plant some of the I I Off sorts,
which will Ivear profuse'y t "'it up to
frost Tomatoes fire exceed!' 'v health
ful. nre easily grown and '"e more
return for the time nnd en I e:pend
I than many other garden crow Or
dliiniiiy It Is best to stake the tomato
vines and keep them off ilie ground
Then eiieiimbers should n"t I e neglect
ed under any clreunistnnees Plant n
many hills i: vim think wl'l le need
oil A soon n the eiieiinil er plants
appear above ground, sent lor who!
nshe on them In the early tnoriiiuc
when the dew Is on. This will prevent
damage from the little lieetles thnt are
so destructive to the loaves 'on will
have to watob your cucumber vlne
for cutworms.
USE YOUR -WHITE COAL."
Down in the hollow back of
your barn there may be thou
sands of tons of "white coal" If
you are keen enough to see It.
And that "coal" mny be worth a
good deal more than a dollar a
ton If you fire clever enough to
convert It Into manifold utilities.
It Is the . i..mest and most de
pendable "coal" lu the world.
For ages poeW huvo raved about
It, calling It "purling brook" or
"rippling streum'' or "sweetly
mill muring rivulet." Practical
men have done n bit more lhau
rave about these lovely water
courses. They have harnessed'
the ripples and gentle murmurs
ami have brought them as light
and pawaf to the barns and ma
chinery sheds to the farm wile's
kitchen, giving couil.uts a lid ad
vantages undreamed of a genera
tion ago.
If you hae any water powvr
on oiir farm put it to work.
h It be a UMIni little
I ibi of developing only
one horsepower, put ii to work
II oii do not you are iiegle.uii;
thousands ,,f tons of 'white
coal" that tliS restless, sjvarfltw
ing waters hava been trying to
tell us of for centuries. Von
can do this at a negligible ex
pense. For the cost of one fairly
(Mi farm horse you can com
maud the power of two horses
on your farm day nnd uight
two hydro-electric horses that
eat not, neither do they sleep.
nor grow lame, uor develop ills
that require the costly services
of a vetertuariau. Country Ueu
tlemau. LESSON IN FOOD SUPPLY.
Whn parm Yi,,d, Famiy., Nd, th,
chances Favor the Fsrnv.r.
The south Is not the only section of
the country where couceutratlou upon
a single cash crop has tended to make
farming more of a guinble than a
sound business. A case has recently
been reported to siveclallsta lu the
I'nttad States department of agrlcul
lure of a North Dakota wheat farmer
who having run badly lu debt applied
for a loan of $l,uu0. He bad uothlug
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The Ontario H. S. track team went
to Poise last Saturday, but had a lit
tle hard luck, taking only N points
out of a possible 134.
The Ontario high was outclassed
throughout the event, taking first
place in the broad Jump. Husted
jumped through the air for eighteen
feet and two inches, while Mink and
Shook took first place in the quarter
and half. The Poise boys were ex
ceptionally strong in each event, and
it took a very good man to defeat the
Poise representatives. The Ontario
boys wore fighting nil the time, but
Boise had too many delegates to pick
from. As the Ontario high school only
has about 200 to pick from while Boise
has about 1500 in roll, so you ran see
what the local boys had to go up
against. The feature of the whole
event was that of Duffy, a Boise boy,
who vaulted the bar at 11 feet, and
only missed 11 feet (I inches a trifle.
He looks like the best boy In the.
northwest for that event.
But let's don't see the Ontario boys
give up, as training and practice
makes the best and Ontario has got
some guild boys, and will make a mark
for themselves and the school if they
will only keep working.
whatsoever on bis plson except the?
homes required In the wbeatfleld.
There was not a cow, a pig or even n
chicken, no vegetable garden nothing
whatsoever with which to support the
fn tally.
Refore he could get his $1,000 he was
.mi pel led by the banker to whom be
applied to agree to use a portion of
the lonn to purchase two rows, a half
doseu pig-, and a small flock of poul
try, besides uiidortakliiK to maintain
a fn t r sized vegetable garden. Tha
banker had figured that with thla
equipment the farmer could get nlong
even In iioor grain season without
running further Into debt und that In
good years the prollta from his grsln
would be sufTlcleut gradually to repay .
the loan. f
This rensotilng proved correct, for Id
flvo years the money had been paid
back. The farmer has learned his les
son, and Ills farm continues to supply
his family wltb food ua well aa wltb
cash.
Wsgen Bd Extension.
An Invention which will prove of In
terest to every farmer la one which
prntdo the o i. Unary medium weight
nnd length wagon with nil extension
bed. The object Is to provide means
whereby arthles too loti for the onll
uury light wugon can be conveniently
carried. It ulso a fiords opportunity
to cany far more than under ordinary
circumstances. The device Is Illustrat
ed lu the accompanying cut. It la
made of a frame of three pieces of
2 by 4 Inch material, which could be
pulled out of the rear end of the bed
nud extend the support for the load by
severul feet Wheu the extension Is
not In use it is pushed up ugatuet the
end of the wagou bottom, us it la made
on the sliding principle. Farming
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NEEDS OF SOME CROPS, i
Beans und s?as, being legumes, do
not require very heavy applications of
nitrogen. About Jss) pounds an acre
of a 2-8-10 mixture aro usuully suffi
cient. Tomatoes, eggplant a and peppers
must not be supplied with an over
abundance of five nitrogen for the
same reason. Potash should be nigh.
db the i iK'iii'bit.s als , an excess of
BttrOgM Is to be avoided. The min
eral elements are niot Important Ma
nures applied in the hllll Well in nd
v an.v of planting niv of derided value.
Asp.ii.us and rliulnin si end tho
latter part of the su. inner in gathering
notorial for Iba next season's crap.
Manure Is u-iially applied In the fall
and comaiei. ia! fertilisers after thu
looo of Ibo cuttlui 0000011
Sweet , oi n does nowhere so well as
I ground. Applications of com
mercial fertlll.er ootid not exceed 5oO
to 1.000 pounds
Onions respond ivadlly to heavy ap
plications of complete fertilizers.
Root crops are nowhere grown to
better advantage than on heavily ma
u ii red market garden soils.
To Grow Hsad Lottucs.
A successful grower says a liberal
quantity of sand In the garden helps
greatly with bead lettuce. If tbe soil
la clay or ailt It la entirely practicable
to board In an area of a few square
yards and theti haul n load of sand to
mix with tbe soil In this plot. The
tame ground may be used year after
year for beud lettuce. lecayed ma
nure should also be used with freedom
on this ground
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